According to the statistics bureau, over half of the foreign tourist came to Romania for business, congresses, conferences, courses, fairs and exhibitions. Business travelers accounted for 60% of the overall spending.
The remainder of 40.7% of foreign tourists came for private trips (vacations, shopping, for cultural or sport events, medical treatments, visits at friends or relatives) and they accounted for 32% of non-residents’ spending in Romania.
More than half of the funds (54.1%) were used for accommodation payments. Food&bar spending accounted for 16.8% of the total, and tourists used 12.2% of their money for shopping.
Over 49.8% of the foreign tourists accommodated in Romania resorted to a travel agency, while 28% organized the trip by themselves.
Most of the tourists came to Romania by airplane (80.2%), 11.5% used their own car, 7.1% came by bus or coach, while 1.2% used other transport means (train, boats, rented cars, motorcycles).